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Inkshares
Disclaimer: I'm not interested in using them, just curious about their model.
I visited an indie bookstore recently to look for comps and compile a list of potential agents, and I noticed a book that was being displayed prominently was from Inkshares. This piqued my interest because I had always thought of them as a vanity publisher that was basically self-publishing. Maybe this was an outlier, but I was impressed that they got some great promo space in a local bookstore.
From what I can tell, they are basically kickstarter, but once you reach certain levels they help you more and more with the book (and I'm sure promote the higher tiers more). As I said above, I'm not really looking to use them but am interested in their model. There's some logic in bridging the gap between self-publishing and traditional publishing in this way. It still puts the responsibility on the writer to promote the book enough to get the pre-sales.
Disclaimer: I'm not interested in using them, just curious about their model.
I visited an indie bookstore recently to look for comps and compile a list of potential agents, and I noticed a book that was being displayed prominently was from Inkshares. This piqued my interest because I had always thought of them as a vanity publisher that was basically self-publishing. Maybe this was an outlier, but I was impressed that they got some great promo space in a local bookstore.
From what I can tell, they are basically kickstarter, but once you reach certain levels they help you more and more with the book (and I'm sure promote the higher tiers more). As I said above, I'm not really looking to use them but am interested in their model. There's some logic in bridging the gap between self-publishing and traditional publishing in this way. It still puts the responsibility on the writer to promote the book enough to get the pre-sales.